Overclocking the Q6600 on an ASUS board is far from difficult.
ASUSTek Computers is known for their wide array of motherboards. Many of these boards support the Intel LGA 775 CPU Socket, which supports motherboards across the Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPUs. This includes the Q6600, which is a Core 2 Quad processor. Overclocking a Q6600 on whichever ASUS board you have is a relatively simple process that requires only a passing knowledge of mathematics to complete.
Instructions
1. Restart your PC, either through your Windows Start menu or by holding down your PC's power button until the tower powers off. If you go through Windows, proceed to step two now. If you manually powered the machine down, press the power button again to turn it back on and proceed to step two.
2. Enter your BIOS by pressing "F10" on the ASUS Splash Screen at computer start up. Depending on your motherboard the button to press may differ between "F10", "F2" "F1" or sometimes "F6".
3. Use the directional arrows on your keyboard to highlight "Advanced BIOS Options" and press the "Enter" button to go into the submenu.
4. Highlight the "FSB" or "Front-Side Bus" options and press the "Enter" key to allow yourself to edit the number value. For the Q6600 the default speed is 1066MHz.
5. Use the directional arrows or manually input a new figure for the Front-Side Bus speed. When done, press "ESC" to back out of the edit mode. Press "ESC" again to exit the submenu and one more time to exit your BIOS. When prompted, press "Y" to save your new settings and restart your computer with the new FSB speed.
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